White phase 1, now with added truck turbo and massive head gasket failure

[ozonehostile]

ok then, so a few people have asked me how long it takes to build a truck turbo 306, heres what i wrote down during the build, bearing in mind this was all done during evenings and weekends after work

Bought a Bianca xtdt that had been off the road for a while under a tree, it was green, so the job list started with

clean,T-cut and polish entire car - 10 hours
repair ignition wiring due to non starting - 2 hours
repair drivers door loom - 3 hours
fit new window motors in all doors - 1.5 hours
sand and spray sideskirts - 3 hours
fit sideskirts - 2 hours
remove and spray mirrors - 1 hour
fit laguna splitter and refit bumper - 1.5 hours
repair dents and scratches - 6 hours
phase 3 headlights - 2 hours
new cv joints and boots - 3 hours

now for the good bits:

turbo fitment and manifold fabrication - 15 hours
remove turbo and refit (many times) - 8 hours total
fit and refit downpipe - 2 hours
relocate brake lines due to turbo fitment - 0.5 hours
relocate battery top boot - 4 hours
weld in battery box to boot floor - 5 hours
relocate water hoses - 1 hour
oil lines for turbo - 1.5 hours
replace leaking oil returns - 1 hour
fabricate cold air feed - 2 hours
relocate wiper hoses and modify bonnet - 1 hour
heat wrap exhaust manifolds and downpipe - 2 hours
coolant and oil change - 1.5 hours
refit interior - 2 hours
adjust clutch cable as rubbing on driveshaft - 2 hours
trim wheel arch liners - 1 hour
4 wheel tracking - 1 hour
suspension height adjustment - 2 hours
fit exhaust- 2 hours

and finally, tax, mot and clean off oily handprints- 3 hours

thats most of the important bits done, there would be several more hours of swearing, threatening to scrap it, cups of coffee, more swearing and angle grinding on top of that

there you have it, how long it roughly takes to build my car enjoy